Cream Handling Tips From Gladstone Agricultural Meeting
The Gladstone Branch heard a paper on the value of proper cream handling by Mrs J Fewster in which she explained that cream quality hinges on separator speed, washing, cooling, and sanitary dairy buildings. She warned that poor practices like overloading separators, delaying washing, and keeping cream too long degrade butter fat and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
G. M. Black
A. B. Blesing
Roseworthy College
J Fewster
BR. J. Vintaysey Iatter
Tladstone
Bonnington's Irish Moss Promoted as Influenza Cure
An era of dubious auto suggestions prompts warning about unproven cures. Bonnington's Irish Moss is advertised as the effective remedy for influenza, bronchitis, and coughs with claims of reducing feverishness and phlegm and stopping coughing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnington
Balaklava Agricultural Bureau Hears Debate On Youth Involvement
The Balaklava Agricultural Bureau met in the Institute lodge room on a Tuesday evening in May. President Mr J Spilin chaired as secretary TL Goldney read correspondence about the Roseworthy winter school, farm competitions, and field trials. Delegates Spilann, Goldney, and McArthur were appointed for the Agricultural Society field trial. A talk on fodder poisoning in cattle parasites in swine and tetanus in horses was given by D McArthur, with a vote of thanks from M Masters and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
J. Spilin
TL Goldney
Roseworthy
White
D. McArthur
Watchman
Erith
Bownuns
Messrs
Tl. Masters
J. Spilam
J. Spilann
HH. Goldney
PD. McArthur
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Promote Recovery
A patient from Port Pirie West attributes relief from serious kidney pain and blood in urine to Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. The advertorial claim notes eight years of remission with no recurrence and urges purchase from Foster-McClellan Co. at 2/9 per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dean
J. W. Davis
Ninth Street
Port Pirie West
Good Heath
Weather and farming prospects lift Mount Templeton week
May 21 report notes rough weather and dust, but rain on the 20th brings relief. Sowing will proceed, green feed grows, lambing expected to rise, and spare stock can be turned out. Local bank opens with Mr. Smith as manager, reducing overseas finance reliance and easing farmer accounts. An extra inch of rain could accelerate these gains, with optimism that the Queen might no longer be an aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Templeton
Mr. Smith
Children’s Hacking Cough Woods Great Peppermint Cure
An old pamphlet touts Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for children’s hacking coughs. The advertisement-style note promises quick relief and highlights peppermint as the key ingredient.
Big Industries Discussed By Rev Dr Prendergast
The Rev Dr Prendergast writes to the Bert Pirte Fathers Association praising irrigation ideas and plans. He cites canals linking the Darling River to Flinders Range, Afghan seeds trials, and floodwater linkages in the Flinders area. He urges water leagues and federal railway support while offering to join trips and set an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Prendergast
Bert Pirte
Snowtown
Murray
Darling Rivers
Darling
Flinders Range
Darling River
Menindie
Australia
Broken Hill
Flinders Ange
Llinders
Rocky River
Collaby Hill
Hookina
Hookita
Hawker
Water League
Port Augusta
Port Pirie
Crystal Brook
Hay
Pirie
Augusta
Death of Captain William Rogers in Port Pirie region
Captain William Rogers, age 79, longtime Port Pirie resident and former master of the steamer Avoca, died at his Solomon town home on Tuesday. He had served as coxswain of the harbor launch and later worked as a seamen's runner, with strong ties to the Seamen's Union and several local social orders. Funeral Wednesday drew a large crowd. his son James Sprague fell in the Great War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirie
William Rogers
Solomontown
Rogers
Avoca
Port Pirie
Ele
County Waterford
Ireland
Sydney
N.S.W
Strat Naval
Donaldson
Port Adelaide
Harriet King
Capt. Scott
Seamen's and Officers’ Union
Port Fite
Fathers’ Association
Pioneers’ Association
Queensland Elections and Ballot Rolls Spark Controversy
The Bulletin credits Labor victory to seat redistribution and inflated rolls. It notes Premier influence and a surge of 58,332 new voters in 24 years, plus 93,000 on the rolls reported by the Federal Registrar, later trimmed to 64,000. The Queensland Labor Party lost at federal and municipal levels, while manipulating rolls is praised by some as advantageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
the Bulletin
Queensland Labor
Theodore
Queensland Labor Party
Farewell for Pastor J I Shipway and wife in Port Pirie
A May 10 farewell at the Methodist Manse Gertrude Street Port Pirie honored Pastor J I Shipway and Mrs Shipway. Speakers including Rev A W Wellington Rev W J Magor Rev W J Leasley Rev Harold White Rev J H Andrews Rev J S Bowes and Adjutant Smartt praised his five and a half years in Port Pirie and his service to the church. Shipway thanked the gathering and spoke of his calling to new fields while noting the hospitality of Port Pirie citizens. The fraternal gathering ended with a benediction by Shipway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I
Mrs. Shipway
Gertrude Street
A. W. Wellington
W. J. Magor
Congregational
W. J. Leasley
Port Pirie Baptist
Harold White
Tennyson Methodist
J. H. Andrews
Solomontown Methodist
J. S. Bowes
Pirie South Baptist
Adjutant Smartt
Salvation
Fort Pirie
Shipway
Port Pirie
Wellington
Annual Ball at St Mark's Hall by HACBS Acknowledged
The HACBS annual ball at St Mark's Hall featured 100 plus couples and spectators with an orchestra of Naulty Hogg and Sullivan. Secretaries J J Madigan and J A Dollard led a successful event. Rev Father Prendergast received thanks and an umbrella for Stokes. Farewell to H N McSweeney marked by Barrier Hotel gathering. lab project for Commonwealth Government set at £3245 on Central Parklands site east of hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Hall
Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society
Messrs
J. J. Madigan
J. A. Dollard
Miss Naulty
W. Hogg
Horace Sullivan
M'S.c
J. M. Stokes
Father Prendergast
Mr. Stokes
Gawler
M. Welsh
U.A.O. Druids
J. McKinnon
A.O. Foresters
H. Tompsett
A.0. Rechabites
A. H. Gooding
H.A.C.B.S
Gladstone
H. Bergin
H. N. McSweeney
Customs Department
Barrier Hotel
Sydney
H. Jackson
Port Pirie
Mr. McSweeney
Customs
H. L. Hansen
Pilot Simmons
M. M. B. Middleton
Jas. Bell & Co
J. Condon
Howard Smith Company
L. G. Manifold
Geo. Wills & Co
Pember
Adelaide Steamship Co
L. Loftes
Elder, Smith & Co
Hayter
G. Hayball
Bartier Carrying Company
Mallyon
McSweeney
Commonwealth
H. M. Pimlott
Pgige
Alexander Street
Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure Ad Message
A historical line promotes Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure, warning that neglect delays cost and urging timely care. The verse emphasizes a doctor’s quick involvement and frames the product as a remedy in a period-tinged tonic advertising style.
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GRUBB
Adelaide
Chas. Geddes & Co
Port Lincoln
Tumby Bay
ORB
Redcliffe
Apalalen
Port
Clerkin Gute
the Standard Insurance Coy
D. Bwann
Bennett
Balaklava
Walkerville
A. H. Tohnson
Peopeleto
Pelokiave
H. Bennett & Son
Cart Eons Daily
Best
T'silors
Towna
E. B. Barglay & CO
Dr. Morse
Georgetown
R. J McDonald
Clutterbuck Bros
Mansey-Harris Co., Ltd
New Zealand Insurance Coy
Commercial Union Assurance Coy
National Mutual Life Association, Ltd
Cyclone Propy, Ltd
Vendore
Abbott
Harvester
Magsey
Thane Ko
C. O. Bennett Motor Garage
Main Street
Dodge Gar
Ascortios
Dodge Cars
Mutora
Pele
Agricultural Bureau
J. H. Sargent
Fenster
C. H. Lines
Lines
Sargent
Fewtser
Fisher
Fewster
Balaklava Agricultural Bureau
London
Scotia
Europe
Colona
Korsiga
Dirasery
Nuit Dat
Lonpey
Nguland
Busin
Prendergast
J. E. Shipway
HACBS
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